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I never thought to ask my mother about menopause, even though I witnessed her going through it.

So, I was thinking that there might be younger women going through "it" or perhaps thinking they are going through "it", or maybe even going through "it" and not knowing that they are going through the "change".

And maybe younger women need to know what "it" is, and how "it" feels and what to expect.

"It" started for me very young, in my mid-30's, and I had no idea and worse, neither did the doctors.

Let me save all women everywhere from what I was put through, and I was put through a lot - mention HOT FLASHES.

Even if you don't experience them regularly, just tell your doctor that you are getting HOT FLASHES, and it will save you lots of time, lots of embarrassment and lots of pain.

There is a blood test they can do that can confirm if you're going through the "change".

When "it" started for me, my periods were so screwed up and I freaked, thinking that I had cancer, as cancer runs in my family.

I wasn't having hot flashes, but things were really messed up.
I was always regular, like a clock every month, and I also am one of the women who dealt with horrible pain every single month.

I'm older, so back then, there was no remedy for painful periods, so I just dealt with them using aspirin and functioning as best I could and I did a damn good job with that, and yes, I drink milk!

There's nothing to fear, unless you fear getting older.
I'll choose getting older every time over the alternative!

When it was confirmed to me that I was indeed going through "it", I refused to do hormonal therapy.
Saw my mother get one shot - back then they gave women shots - and my mother so hated it that she said never again and that was good enough for me.

Well, that's not exactly true.

When I was working, and I was GASP! a career woman, I used to ask the older women I worked with if they did hormonal therapy for menopause, and the answer was YES, yes they did, because it stopped the hot flashes, but brought on other symptoms, and they hated the drugs.
They wanted to quit them, but it wasn't an easy thing to do.

When I was first told that yes indeedy I was definitely going through "it", I refused hormonal therapy, and my God, you'd think that I just committed a crime!

My doctors yelled me, and I mean yelled, and gave me all the warnings about not doing HRT (hormonal replacement therapy) that I would get cancer, suffer from osteoporosis, and weaken my heart.

Well, guess what?

Years later, the doctors question to me was if I were doing HRT, because if I were, they'd have to wean me off because women who do HRT are more prone to cancer, heart problems, and as for osteoporosis, the jury is still out.
(take calcium supplements and exercise)

Now, it seems as though the tides have turned, and my doctor is back to pushing HRT onto me, but why?

Let me tell you what happens during menopause.
You're going to have irregular periods.
And you're going to have your monthly, and then stop and then within days start the dreaded thing again.
And your flow is going to be heavy.
And then that will stop and then it'll happen again.
You'll also skip months - right when you think that you should be having a period, you won't - and you'll rejoice in that, as what woman isn't happy to skip a period.

"It "starts out subtle, sort of, but when "it" gets rolling, you'll know it.

For me the worst was the last year whereby I'd wake up in the middle of the night so very hot, and have to kick off the covers, and then I'd get chilled, so have to whip the covers back on.

And when I say wake up in the night HOT, I mean sweating hot, so hot that it drenched me, and then it'd stop and I'd get chilled.
And then it'd start all over again, so you don't get much sleep.

I'd get red-faced during the day, whereby my husband and others would ask me about my red face, and I'd be sweating bullets.
I'd tell my husband, and no one else, but I'd tell him that I was having a HOT FLASH.
As for other people, I'd just shrug and turn away, because the extreme HOT really does only last for seconds.

Once it stops, it stops, or at least it did for me.
No more HOT FLASHES, and for that I am eternally grateful, as it's awfully nice to get a good night's sleep.

It's liberating.
No more periods.
No more pain.
No more being crazy and craving chocolate.

What's left behind is hair - hair growing on your face.
Not hair like men have, but - and this might not be true for all women - but I got dark hair on my chin and upper lip, and I plucked them.
That also goes away as you grow older.

Another thing, is that your armpit and leg hair is less, so you don't have to shave so often!

I wish that I had talked to my mother about going through menopause, so I am sharing this for other younger women in the hopes that it helps.

There is nothing to fear.

Growing older is a very good thing and I love it.

I'm no longer thought of as strange, but now I am thought of as "eccentric".

And I love it.


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